International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands (Credit: Shatterstock)
The General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, announced this morning (Thursday) that he will open an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine during the war, following a request from 39 member states of the court to do so.
In his statement Khan said the investigation would examine all possible war crimes committed in Ukraine over the past nine years, and would include the events that took place during the anti-Ukrainian protests in 2013, the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, and the Russian attacks on Crimea and Donbas. He said the investigation included “past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed in any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person”.
(From the Telegram page of the President of Ukraine)
The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hold hearings on the Russian invasion of Ukraine next week, following the Ukrainian government’s prosecution of war crimes committed by Russian forces. According to their announcement, the hearings will take place on March 7 and 8.
The tribunal said in a statement that the hearing would take place in public, and would deal with the issue of “accusations of genocide and the commission of war crimes” made during the past week as part of the war between Russia and Ukraine. It was further stated that the judges will discuss the question of whether to order “temporary measures” against Russia, as Ukraine demanded in the lawsuit it filed.
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